Articles says men lose fashion sense at age 37....

[ButteMT61]

Wow, another lazy bullshit premise by a journalist, who could imagine that? From my own perspective, my taste improved after 37.

Well put, Seb. Absolute pile of it.

 

[Weston]

I am 34 years old. I dress in a traditional way - that is to say, the way that educated men/fathers have dressed for 50 years. Oxford cloth button down shirts, rolled up when the heat gets high. Hawaiian shirts for vacation along with resort wear. Wool dress slacks for special occasion or when the office gets chilly. Suits and ties on Sundays if the AC units can keep up in the summer at church. I wear polo shirts for leisure and madras in summer. I defy anyone to see a picture of me and purely from the clothing be able to tell if it's 1955 or 1985. I dress as men have always dressed - well, and to the occasion, in a manner which befits my social status - every day normal person.

 

[sheeplady]

I think it's funny that they say that "after 37" men start wearing "baggy pants" and "t-shirts." That's pretty much how men dress where I live. Almost all of them.

 

[MikeBravo]

Wait, being dressed like Prince Charles is a bad thing? I can see not wanting to dress like Clarkson (although he is among my favorite people on television) but who could possibly have a problem with dressing like Prince Charles? The man is an icon.

+1

 

[kamikat]

I guess I should be thankful that at 37, my husband got a new job that required him to go from business casual (khakis and bowling shirts) to suits. He's had to buy a whole new wardrobe of suits, all cut to the latest fashion (slim cut, NOT skinny). Due to the nature of his position and having to socialize/network with highpowered lawmakers, lawyers and lobbyiest, I can't imagine him falling off the fashion bandwagon any time soon.

 

[Edward]

Mindless fluff for a mindless readership. Before I even opened this thread I knew that the article would lead with a picture of that buffoon Clarkson. I would consider it worth pointing out that this article originates with the Daily Mail, a risible little tome best described as a tabloid with pretensions to being a newspaper. Perhaps best known for its declared and open support for fascism in Europe during the 1930s, it is naught more than The Sun (infamous UK tabloid) for middle-class social-climbers that think they are "better" than reading The Sun. The key difference is that the biggest t*ts in the Mail aren't displayed on Page 3, but writing the columns.

Wait, being dressed like Prince Charles is a bad thing? I can see not wanting to dress like Clarkson (although he is among my favorite people on television) but who could possibly have a problem with dressing like Prince Charles? The man is an icon.

Icon? Hardly. e is always immaculately dressed, but I've yet to see a single photograph of Charles Windsor where he appears remotely comfortable in his own clothes.

The other 95% become resigned and dress in shlumpy shirts and Dockers for the rest of their lives, except for one blue suit where the coat won't button and the pants ride lower and lower under The Gut.

Far worse are those who buy a double breasted suit and then wear it open trying to create the impression that it is a single-breasted jacket. The tailoring rquivalent of the sweepover.

I think that by the time I reached (about) 37 I was done keeping up, or evolving into the latest fashions, and just kept wearing all the stuff I had been wearing up until that time. By 37 I had established my own sense of identity. Since I was no longer 'keeping up,' I guess it could be said that had lost my 'fashion sense.'

Pretty much.

I think the problem with this premise is that it assumes that being contemporary is the equivalent of being stylish. .

Quite.

 

[1961MJS]

Icon? Hardly. He is always immaculately dressed, but I've yet to see a single photograph of Charles Windsor where he appears remotely comfortable in his own clothes.

Hi Edward

I think you can just change that one to " He is always immaculately dressed, but I've yet to see a single photograph of Charles Windsor where he appears remotely comfortable." He always looks tight, stressed, and completely uncomfortable in his surroundings. Prince Phillip and Charline's young-in's always look comfortable (well, except when ole Harry loses (wins?) at Strip Pool). The Queen also looks like she's glad to be there.

Just my $0.02 and worth every penny.

 

[Yeps]

While he has a supremely silly face, the man knows how to wear a suit.

 

[St. Valentine]

Goodness, what do they expect? Wearing a smoking for shopping or to work? I do own a smoking and even a morning suit with top hat and all but right now while working a night shift I wear jeans, shirt and a hooded sweat shirt because it´s cold. And none of my colleagues gives a heck (well, they are all over 37...)! :eusa_doh:

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Now this is a great piece: Why Adults Should Ditch the Shorts, Wear Suits

 

[Feraud]

Quoted here for posterity-

This story appears in the April issue of ForbesLife magazine, dated April 9, as a feature entitled “Men In Shorts.”

By P.J. O ’ Rourke

When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me—when I was an 8-year-old. They’re in shorts and T-shirts. And it’s not just on airplanes. It’s in business offices, teachers’ lounges, and churches. The priest is still wearing a cassock, but who knows what he’s got on underneath?

Sometimes, mainly in cold weather, we’re spared the sight of middle-aged men in T-shirts and shorts because they’re wearing T-shirts and jeans. Jeans fit the mature male one of two ways, both dirigible in nature. You make a public impression that’s either Hindenburg or Goodyear blimp.

The point of turning Casual Friday into Dress-Down-Month-of-Sundays is to be more comfortable. But, possessing a middle-aged man’s body myself, I’m more comfortable covering it than displaying it like flabby laundry on a clothesline.

And where do you put your things? I can’t leave the house without wallet, car keys, house keys, lighter, cigar case, cigar cutter, nicotine gum—because I’m giving up cigars—clean handkerchief, spare clean handkerchief for ladies in distress, and a fountain pen in case business correspondence starts being conducted on paper again. I have ten pockets in my suit and need them all, including the little one inside the jacket flap to ensure that I forget where the theater tickets are.

Those who work and travel in what’s basically their underwear require the giant Boy Scout backpacks that you see grown men huffing under in airplane aisles every time you turn around. And when they turn around, you get smacked right in the Scotch and rocks.

Comfortable means “easy.” So: Nothing’s easier than matching a pair of pants and a jacket that look exactly alike. I’ve got a closet full of blue suits and black wing tips. Any tie goes with a white shirt. I can get dressed in the dark. And—what with blinding hangovers from drinking on airplanes to soften the shock of first-class seats filled with graying, jowly urchins—I often do.

The kid-who-stayed-40-years-too-long-on-the-playground look doesn’t inspire trust. If dressing up as a third grader is your idea of how to treat yourself, what’s your idea of how to treat me?

And what’s the rest of the world’s idea of how to treat you? When I was growing up, I was told, “The way you dress is the way you’re regarded.” See Dennis the Menace in the funny pages of your local newspaper to discover how you’re regarded.

Another maxim from my youth was, “Don’t dress for the job you have; dress for the job you’d like to get.” Checked the ad listings lately for WANTED: GRADE-SCHOOL-RECESS BULLY?

 

[ButteMT61]

Any "study" that finds that {variable} happens at any {variable} is useless cr@p. Just some garbage posted/written by someone filling space to get hits or sell a few papers.

 

[Edward]

Hi Edward

I think you can just change that one to " He is always immaculately dressed, but I've yet to see a single photograph of Charles Windsor where he appears remotely comfortable." He always looks tight, stressed, and completely uncomfortable in his surroundings. Prince Phillip and Charline's young-in's always look comfortable (well, except when ole Harry loses (wins?) at Strip Pool). The Queen also looks like she's glad to be there.

Just my $0.02 and worth every penny.

Pretty much. Mrs Windsor has always been the best of them all at playing the game and not rocking the boat. Young Charles shares his immaculate tailoring with his father, but seems to lack entirely his father's confidence, and it shows in his body language. Charles' son and his ginger brother are usually pretty poorly dressed, compared to their father at least, though certainly seem to carry themselves more confidently.

This one displays it the most - the man just looks terribly awkward, almost apologetic for his own presence. Tis a terrible shame. While I rather like all of his wardrobe, this light hued suit is probably the most distinctive thing I've seen him in. I would very much like something similar myself, though perhaps a smidge wider in the leg and lapel.

Now this is a great piece: Why Adults Should Ditch the Shorts, Wear Suits

Quite.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Hmmm, the premise would be that men have any sense of style or fashion before, or after, they are 37. This is debatable. Similarly the notion is tenuous for women.

bk

 

[hatophile]

Pretty much. Mrs Windsor has always been the best of them all at playing the game and not rocking the boat. Young Charles shares his immaculate tailoring with his father, but seems to lack entirely his father's confidence, and it shows in his body language. Charles' son and his ginger brother are usually pretty poorly dressed, compared to their father at least, though certainly seem to carry themselves more confidently.



This one displays it the most - the man just looks terribly awkward, almost apologetic for his own presence. Tis a terrible shame. While I rather like all of his wardrobe, this light hued suit is probably the most distinctive thing I've seen him in. I would very much like something similar myself, though perhaps a smidge wider in the leg and lapel.



Quite.

Then there's this. I like the Panama hat, sets off the suit very nicely.

 

[BigFitz]

Then there's this. I like the Panama hat, sets off the suit very nicely.

What Panama?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

What Panama?

I was about to ask the same thing. I get distracted so easily.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Someone beat me to the question about the hat...LOL
I'm 42, and while I enjoy my worn out jeans on the weekend, I always put on a nice shirt, even to Walmart.
I don't shop in the stores, I shop online because I can take my time without a salesman poking about, bothering me.
Then I have whatever I've ordered shipped right to my doorstep, couldn't be easier.
Yes I have khaki pants for the week, but they are wrinkle and stain resistant because of my job.
Those too are matched with a nice button down.
Is it wrong to look forward to colder weather because you enjoy those shirt designs more than the short sleeved ones? [huh]

 

[hatophile]

Someone beat me to the question about the hat...LOL
I'm 42, and while I enjoy my worn out jeans on the weekend, I always put on a nice shirt, even to Walmart.
I don't shop in the stores, I shop online because I can take my time without a salesman poking about, bothering me.
Then I have whatever I've ordered shipped right to my doorstep, couldn't be easier.
Yes I have khaki pants for the week, but they are wrinkle and stain resistant because of my job.
Those too are matched with a nice button down.
Is it wrong to look forward to colder weather because you enjoy those shirt designs more than the short sleeved ones? [huh]

Gregg, you need some Aloha shirts!!!

 

[Fletch]

Young Charles shares his immaculate tailoring with his father, but seems to lack entirely his father's confidence, and it shows in his body language...
[DB ice cream suit pic]
This one displays it the most - the man just looks terribly awkward, almost apologetic for his own presence. Tis a terrible shame. While I rather like all of his wardrobe, this light hued suit is probably the most distinctive thing I've seen him in.

An ice cream suit isn't the best choice if you don't have the go-to-hell spirit to bring it off. It's become a badge of colonialism, and I think Charles knows that, but just isn't sure what else HRH ought to wear to a state visit in the hot latitudes.